ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: “AFT President Randi Weingarten is leaving the DNC. In a letter to DNC Chair Ken Martin, she wrote, ‘I appear to be out of step with the leadership you are forging, and I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent.’”

UPDATE:

 

IRAN IS NOW IN THE FO STAGE OF FAFO:

Earlier this evening, IDF reported Iranian preparations for another wave of ballistic missile launches at Israel, but nothing seems to have come from it. Indications are that the IAF can now go after the mobile launchers in real time — including at least one disguised as a semi.

Update: Looks like Tehran had better luck with a second wave tonight.

Related (From Ed):

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

BREAKING: “One person killed in shooting at ‘No Kings’ protest in Salt Lake City: police” according to Just the News….

NEW CIVILITY WATCH:

PADILLA DENIES STAGING OUTBURST, AND I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING:

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), whom most people couldn’t pick out of a line-up before last week, wants America to believe his little performance during a Homeland Security press conference was totally spontaneous. Just an organic moment of righteous frustration, he claims. But we know better—his whole stunt reeked of a desperate cry for attention, and the more he tries to explain it away, the more obvious that becomes.

Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Padilla tried spinning his headline-grabbing antics as an innocent attempt to get information. “You can’t script this in Hollywood,” he said with dramatic flair, insisting he just happened to be near the press conference while waiting for a briefing and spontaneously decided to pop in, wearing plain clothes and lacking his Senate Security pin. He was apparently stunned—stunned!—that the press conference didn’t meet his expectations: “Surprise, surprise, no substance came from that press conference, just political attacks.”

I’m so old, I can remember when Rick Lazio was crucified by the left for violating Hillary’s space in 2000. But Padilla — and the rest of the DNC — is fundraising off his this past week.

ZIVA DAVID SMILES: